Championship Week Recap Vol. 2
Well Horns fans, another tough win in the bag. You've got to love the way these guys are winning right now. Granted, Baylor is no good at all and they should not have struggled like they did, but the OSU game was a good win - they clawed back to take a good lead going into halftime and weathered every run that the Cowboys threw at them. The same issues, that some would argue are anomalies, continue to plague these guys though: terrible rebounding (giving up an obscene number of offensive rebounds), inconsistent defense (at best) and an overall lack of physical tough play. Look for Barnes to go into the off season and recruit some hefty big man who's sole job is to rebound and get physical in the paint.
Augustin certainly played better yesterday than he did against Baylor, but he's going to have to step it up today if they are going to have a shot. And Abrams, chill out, you don't have to force a 3-pointer every time down the court. I suspect a pretty good game today - certainly a more balanced game out of both teams than we saw a week ago, I've got to give Kansas a slight edge here - they're a better team. BUT, it is tough to beat a good, quality team twice in a season.
- How about the Wolfpack from NC State? They dismantled the two Virginia schools (both very solid teams this year) and are heading for a tough matchup against the Tar Heels. UNC just may cream these guys, but it's hard to stop a train that's on a roll like that. Could be a good game, but I think in the end UNC will bring them back down to earth.
- Here's a newflash, you definitely DON'T want your team playing the Hoyas in this year's Big Dance. I think these guys are a definite 2 seed, but they could go down to a 3 depending on a potential upset today. They've got great guards and good big men to clean up the boards - pretty balanced. And they just tore threw their conference tournament.
- I say Florida blows by Arkansas today in the SEC final (same conference championship matchup as in football), securing them a number 1 seed and a real potential to repeat - of course that's extremely hard to do in any sport.
Selection Sunday:
As exciting as these games are today one has to wonder how much they will actually impact the selection committee. Let's think about it - the selection Sunday show airs sometime around 5:00 or 6:00pm tonight. BUT, the Big 10 championship game starts at 2:30pm. The Big 12 championship game starts at 2pm. You're going to tell me that these games will have an impact on the selection? No way. These guys have to have all of these things set much earlier than when the show actually airs - prepping the talking heads, graphics, etc. So what's the point? Yes, it's great entertainment, but if they aren't going to even consider the outcome of 2 games, why play the games (money)?
In many cases, say with the aforementioned Big 12 and Big 10 games, these matchups in the championship game were pretty much the expectation - Wisconsin and Ohio State and Kansas versus Texas. Of course you could have easily replaced Texas with the Aggies there as well and it would not have been a shock. So obviously Kansas will be the favorite over Texas, but what if Texas wins...and wins running away with it? Shouldn't it affect their seeding? Same with Wisconsin - Ohio State is a projected number 1 seed, but what if Wisconsin drops them? I would say Ohio State should drop to a #2 seed in favor of a Georgetown (who blew through the Big East tourney) or even Kansas if they win today. It's screwed up, but it's still the best system we've got in college sports.
I'll do a final recap tonight before the tourney starts next week.
Augustin certainly played better yesterday than he did against Baylor, but he's going to have to step it up today if they are going to have a shot. And Abrams, chill out, you don't have to force a 3-pointer every time down the court. I suspect a pretty good game today - certainly a more balanced game out of both teams than we saw a week ago, I've got to give Kansas a slight edge here - they're a better team. BUT, it is tough to beat a good, quality team twice in a season.
- How about the Wolfpack from NC State? They dismantled the two Virginia schools (both very solid teams this year) and are heading for a tough matchup against the Tar Heels. UNC just may cream these guys, but it's hard to stop a train that's on a roll like that. Could be a good game, but I think in the end UNC will bring them back down to earth.
- Here's a newflash, you definitely DON'T want your team playing the Hoyas in this year's Big Dance. I think these guys are a definite 2 seed, but they could go down to a 3 depending on a potential upset today. They've got great guards and good big men to clean up the boards - pretty balanced. And they just tore threw their conference tournament.
- I say Florida blows by Arkansas today in the SEC final (same conference championship matchup as in football), securing them a number 1 seed and a real potential to repeat - of course that's extremely hard to do in any sport.
Selection Sunday:
As exciting as these games are today one has to wonder how much they will actually impact the selection committee. Let's think about it - the selection Sunday show airs sometime around 5:00 or 6:00pm tonight. BUT, the Big 10 championship game starts at 2:30pm. The Big 12 championship game starts at 2pm. You're going to tell me that these games will have an impact on the selection? No way. These guys have to have all of these things set much earlier than when the show actually airs - prepping the talking heads, graphics, etc. So what's the point? Yes, it's great entertainment, but if they aren't going to even consider the outcome of 2 games, why play the games (money)?
In many cases, say with the aforementioned Big 12 and Big 10 games, these matchups in the championship game were pretty much the expectation - Wisconsin and Ohio State and Kansas versus Texas. Of course you could have easily replaced Texas with the Aggies there as well and it would not have been a shock. So obviously Kansas will be the favorite over Texas, but what if Texas wins...and wins running away with it? Shouldn't it affect their seeding? Same with Wisconsin - Ohio State is a projected number 1 seed, but what if Wisconsin drops them? I would say Ohio State should drop to a #2 seed in favor of a Georgetown (who blew through the Big East tourney) or even Kansas if they win today. It's screwed up, but it's still the best system we've got in college sports.
I'll do a final recap tonight before the tourney starts next week.
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